Twenty years in the field across Latin America shape the way you see the world.

From Guatemala and Bolivia to Brazil, Patrick Vanier documents the fractures and forces of a continent
— indigenous peoples, politics, environmental shifts —
where local realities resist easy narratives.

Trained in history at Paris-Sorbonne, he has worked with
BBC World, Le Monde, Mongabay, Science Magazine,
Nature, AFP and TV5 Monde. As a Pulitzer Center
grantee, he reports from remote areas where logistics
are as challenging as the story itself.

In recent years, he has anchored part of his work in
scientific research — translating the future of the Amazon rainforest and its threatened equilibria into high-impact
visual storytelling for researchers and decision-makers.

He collaborates with programs such as AmazonFACE, CNRS and ESecaFlor, and explores new narrative forms, including immersive VR360 video from deep within the Amazon forest.

In 2021, he co-founded HILAEA Media, a multilingual audiovisual studio (French, English, Portuguese, Spanish) dedicated to editorial and institutional projects.